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July 7, 2011
my friends' kids, neatly summarized in their own words
I was playing with a friend's kid on some monkey bars when we reached an impasse. She would go no farther, she said, because I was certain to tickle her. Never mind that I have never tickled her nor threatened to, she argued. I am a douchebag, and douchebags apparently tickle vulnerable children.
And thus did we argue for five minutes until her arms got tired and she advanced past me on the bars.
"And did I tickle you?"
"No."
"Then don't you think you owe me an apology?"
The child blinked at me, confused. Sheepishly, she finally replied "I don't know what that word means."
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